Bureau of Economic Analysis

Developers, do you want to bring more detailed economic data to your next app? The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently added several data sets to the application programming interface (API) we launched last year.

The API now provides direct access to the gross domestic product (GDP) underlying detail tables. Those tables contain a wealth of statistics, including how much consumers spend on hundreds of items like furnishings,…

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in October 2014 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $43.6 billion in September (revised) to $43.4 billion in October, as exports increased more than imports. The previously published September deficit was $43.0 billion. The goods deficit increased less than $0.1 billion from September to $62.7 billion in October. The…

Personal income rose 0.2 percent in October, the same increase as in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal  income, rose 0.3 percent in October after rising 0.2 percent in September.

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, rose 0.2 percent in October after rising 0.1 percent in September.

Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased…

Personal income increased $32.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $23.4 billion, or 0.2 percent, in October, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $27.3 billion, or 0.2 percent. In September, personal income increased $24.6 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $17.2 billion, or 0.1 percent, and PCE increased $4.1 billion, or less than 0.1 percent…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.9 percent in the third quarter of 2014, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 4.6 percent.

Third-quarter highlights The increase in GDP in the third quarter reflected the following:

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the production of goods and services in the United States, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 3.9 percent in the third quarter of 2014, according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 4.6 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available…

The BE-13 survey captures information about new investments made when a foreign investor establishes or acquires a U.S. business (either directly, or indirectly through a U.S. business it already owns) or expands an existing U.S. business.

The data collected in the survey will help in assessing the impact of foreign direct investment on the U.S. economy, in advising foreign investors seeking to invest in the United States, and in…

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has released preliminary statistics on the activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) in 2012. These statistics are based on the results of the 2012 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (“inward” direct investment.)

These statistics cover the finances and operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs—including balance sheet and income…

Personal income grew in 2013 in 2,695 counties, fell in 390, and was unchanged in 28. On average, personal income rose 2.0 percent in 2013 in the metropolitan portion of the United States and rose 2.1 percent in the nonmetropolitan portion. The metropolitan and nonmetropolitan portions grew 5.3 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, in 2012. The percent change from 2012 to 2013 in personal income ranged from -35.0 percent in Lamoure County,…